Weaving

I think this has been the longest time between blog posts since I started. It is not because I have been away from the loom(s) or because I haven’t wanted to talk about weaving. It is because my (beloved, easy-to-use,

[gallery link="file"] I think there should be a mandatory Post Halloween Holiday for all. The insane scramble to sew on “the last few worms”, the way too much sugar and the too late trick or treating all combine to make for

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] Many immodest looms are swan-ing naked around my studio and the Youth Weaving classroom. The good news is that a couple of projects have been removed. (see photos above - (right) a corrected twill on opposites in alpaca/silk

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] I am working on the “twill on opposites” project for the Master Weavers. My idea was to weave a long scarf in grey and black (and a little fushia) using twill on opposites. I decided to weave a

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] I can’t remember how many blog entries are entitled “arghhh!” I feel like it’s every other one these days. Sorry for the lapse in blog activity - I have been calming my whirling mind with spinning in the evenings

Here is my attempt to have the workshop available in pdf form. Let’s see if it works???

[gallery link="file"] I started this entry last week after my Youth Weaving class, and I am finishing it this week after my Youth Weaving class. Both classes were warp speed . . . meaning the kids are speeding through their warps. This requires

I added a link (click on photo above) to a PDF file of the text of the deflected doubleweave presentation. It doesn’t have the photos, but it has all the other information and is much easier to open and read.

Today the weaving gods were smiling down upon me. I went to Hill to inspect and set-up the looms for the Youth Weaving class that begins this Saturday. I had received a call from the “Bavarian Yankee” (her term) weaving

[gallery link="file" columns="2"] Okay - five out of six. They are dressed and ready for Youth Weaving and the Weavers’ Guild of Boston workshop and even my own personal use. I am weaving a 16-shaft double weave on the AVL and

Today I am mourning my older son’s return to school while celebrating a new addition to our family. I am now the proud mother of three children and SIX looms. Just because a person owns 5 looms doesn’t mean that

In my capacity as bus driver this week (I am drunk with power) - I was able to complete my Powerpoint presentation on deflected doubleweave for the Boston Weavers’ Guild - Whooppee! I also figured out how to create a